Lily of the Valley [Jazz]
- Written by
- Paul Barbarin
- Publication date
- 1951
- Language
- English
- Comments
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The Lily of the Valley that New Orleans jazz bands play is the one introduced in 1951 by New Orleans drummer, Paul Barbarin. He seems to have put it together from sections of What a Friend We Have in Jesus and the theme you can hear very near the end of Red Onion Drag (composed in 1927 by Louis Dumaine and Eddie Jackson and recorded that year by Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight).
NOTE: There is a Victorian hymn called The Lily of the Valley [I've Found a Friend in Jesus] with words written by William Fry for the Salvation Army. Ira Sankey set it to the music of the song The Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane, which had been composed by Will Hays. So when jazz bands play Lily of the Valley, the composers are often incorrectly given as Fry, Sankey and Hays. - Licensing
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